Sri Nihal Tammana | |
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 Sri Nihal Tammana at the CNN Heroes 2022 award ceremony | |
| Born | 2009 (age 16–17) |
| Occupation | Environmental campaigner |
| Years active | 2019–present |
| Known for | Founder of Recycle My Battery |
| Website | https://recyclemybattery.org |
Sri Nihal Tammana is an American environmental campaigner who specializes in battery recycling. [1] [2] [3] [4]
In 2019, Tammana founded the US-based non-profit organization Recycle My Battery. They install free battery recycling bins and educate students and adults about battery recycling. [5] As of July 2025, the organization has recycled nearly 750,000 used batteries, educated over 65 million people about battery recycling, and has a team of over 1,000 youth volunteers across several countries. In 2025, Recycle My Battery launched the Battery Challenge, a school competition that helped students recycle over 100,000 batteries in just a few months. [4] [6] [7]
Tammana has been featured in a lesson in a German textbook published by Westermann. He has made a number of media appearances, including a live appearance on CNN, [8] a featured segment on the Japanese TV network Fuji TV, [9] and a documentary appearance on BBC. [10] He has delivered two TED talks, one in 2021 titled "Saving Earth, One Battery At A Time!", [11] and a second in 2023 titled "Recycle My Battery: Empowering Communities". [12] In 2023, Tammana was featured in the Time for Kids magazine as one of the "Kid Heroes of the Planet". [13]
On October 7, 2023, Recycle My Battery broke a Guinness World Record for the Longest Line of Batteries by placing 31,204 batteries in a line. The previous record stood at 1,380 batteries. [14] [15]